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The article “Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival 2013 is finished” was published on January 23, 2013 on “http://www.altcine.com”. It discusses the closing ceremony of the Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival 2013, which began with a performance by the Kopaonik Cultural and Artistic Society from Leposavic, whose stage performance, folk costumes, and combination of song and dance thrilled the audience that greeted them with a big applause. The reporter mentions that as a special surprise of the night of the Kustendorf closing ceremony, Russian artist and director Boris Kazakov’s short animated movie, Koly (Stakes), was screened. It necessary to point out that the jury members consist of Israeli author and actress Alona Kimhi, Serbian media and film theorist and TV director Oleg Jeknić, and American producer, production director and assistant director Michael Hausman. Svetolik Mića Zajc expresses that cinematography is the most visible part of the film is cinematography. Storytelling by picture is a base of film that can improve and enforce emotions and support general idea.  The author makes clear that among the movies in the Competition Programme, the most prominent work was done by Carlos Correa in the Mexican movie Don Sabas, who is the recipient of the Vilko Filac Award for Best Cinematography for 2013.

 It is necessary to mention that the official part of the programme began with the presentation of specially designed diplomas that, as a memento from their time at Kustendorf, were given to all the student participants in the Competition Programme.President of the jury, Alona Kimhi explains that they have been paying attention to three major values: authenticity, originality and creativity. It is an open secret that the movies they have chosen best met these goals as well as high technical level, the personal style of the filmmaker and the maturity of their stories. Moreover, the films they have chosen are solidly structured, emotionally rich and well produced. It is interesting that the winner of the festival Jan Czarlewski, thanked the jury, organizers of the festival, and people, not hiding his excitement adding that this was an incredible weekend and that he is speechless. The Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival 2013 was closed by its founder, Emir Kusturica, who said that he hopes that everyone will fight for compromise between auteur and commercial film again at the same time next time.

 In conclusion the author opens that the festival awards – the Golden, Silver, and Bronze eggs – were done by painter Bisenije Terschenko, while the Vilko Filac Award and the diplomas were done by Radenka Jungic and Radinost R from Banja Luka. Unfortunately, I had no chance to watch this festival but according to the article I think it was a great performance. Every year there are lot of festivals which define worthy and talented directors, operators and actors and Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival is not an exception.